tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591689306442836494.post7006352370063741751..comments2024-03-01T12:40:01.621-06:00Comments on One crazy teacher to another.....: To give or not to give.....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591689306442836494.post-64673461210673560102008-08-29T11:46:00.000-05:002008-08-29T11:46:00.000-05:00Interesting idea of having homework having a corre...Interesting idea of having homework having a correspondence to a strong work ethic. I do would love to have all my students have a that balance in their life, but I'm not sure if homework in itself is going to do that. <BR/><BR/>From my experience, I found homework to be done by either the parents or older siblings, even if the child is capable of doing it independently. Many of my parents enjoyed helping their child with their work almost to the point where I could see that their handwritting was the majority of what was on the page. <BR/><BR/>So the dilema would then be how to instill this work ethic to carry on after the bell rings? I belive having a strong set of parents who are supporting you, is the best way to go.A Special Kind Of Teacher.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/06420215443683565040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591689306442836494.post-24179500004984232712008-08-27T02:18:00.000-05:002008-08-27T02:18:00.000-05:00I believe that there are two educational purposes ...I believe that there are two educational purposes of homework. The first, is to reinforce and remind the student what he or she has previously learnt. That is, I agree with you, that homework should not be new material. This is in line with the solid research that indicates that people, young and old, do not have significant issues in remembering things, the issue is that they forget things quite easily and quickly. It is a lot easier to coninute to remember something than it is to remember something in the first place. The simple, yet very powerful remedy to this is to recap the work a little time after it was initially learnt. What many people do not realise is that, if done systematically, the required frequency to revise previousy learnt concepts grows larger very quickly. So something like, revising 1 minute later, 10 minutes later, 1 hour later, 10 hours later, 1 day later, 10 days later is often sufficient to move something into the medium-term memory.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I believe that the purpose of homework is to blur the lines between school and home. That is, to create the culture, habits and values that learning is an attitude to life, and not something that is done in isolation to the rest of the world and your life, from 9am to 3pm.Martin Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14966930390359934879noreply@blogger.com